Misha Collins Quotes

I want to continually play characters that speak to me, but also are different than what I've just done.

I think every actor can agree that when you've been playing a certain character for awhile - no matter what that role is - it's always attractive to try something that's different.

Every character I approach, from 'Forrest Gump' all the way up to 'The Spoils Before Dying,' has a different set of requirements and always fascinates me.

'Liv and Maddie' didn't start out as a twin show. I actually played a different character in the beginning, and it was neither of the twins.

My character in the first instalment of 'GOW' was very shy and reserved. It was completely different from 'Kahaani,' where I played a no-nonsense cop. And in the second instalment of 'GOW,' it is again very different.

Every role I have in my kitty is different. None of them resemble the roles I have played in my earlier films.

I've been playing the same character on Supernatural for the past nine years and while that character has gone through a lot of different iterations, it's nice to step out and just do something altogether different.

None of the characters I've played are really like me. That would be boring. That wouldn't be acting.

I don't have a specific type of role that I aspire to play or aspire to act. I really like a challenge and I really like doing things that are different because if I had to do the same thing all the time, then I don't think I would be an actor.

I think the thing that I always try to do - because it piques my interest - is to play really different parts all the time.

Dr. Larry and Viki are the only original characters left on the show.

It's kind of my whole philosophy as an actor. I think that's what we're supposed to do is play a wide range of characters - or it's just what I like to do, I should say. I like to try to be as different as I can from one thing to the next.

'Supernatural' was great because my character changed so much from beginning to end, always keeping me on my toes.

Well, usually when I finish one character, I'm looking for a role that's really different.

How many times can you play an action character, or a quirky romantic? Every actor has to find his own way to make each character unique.

As an actor, to do all sorts of different films is great.

You do 'New Girl,' you play a character like Schmidt, you crave as an actor afterwards to just do something different.

It's really wonderful to play characters as different from each other as I can.

I've always looked for roles that are different. I've tried to continue to challenge myself as an actor and work in varying styles of films.

My initial attraction to 'Red Tails' was the opportunity to play a character that was not me. 'Stomp the Yard' was a great film, but I played myself there.

I want to do more roles that require a large level of preparation and that are completely different from who I am.

I've always wanted to demonstrate a variety of different roles when I act and do different projects and not ever do one of the same.

'7th Heaven' was a big ensemble cast, so everyone would get a turn. Basically, I'd get a script that focused on my character and think, 'Oh, I'm working every day this week.' The mindset was I've got more to do, so I had to focus.

So it's nice to know that Rita had that impact, and it was nice to end a character on a high note like that. But, again, in the moment... I always say, nobody was more devastated than me [from Rita's death in Dexter]!

If you look at everything I've done, each character is so wildly different from each other, and that's what "The L Word" afforded me the opportunity to do. I want to continue to play characters that are not like me at all, and transform.